1. Which search site are you using? Google
Let’s say your teacher tells you to find out whether the element mercury is toxic.
2. Start by typing in mercury and hitting the enter key.
3. How many Web pages were found?
508,000,000
4. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
-The first site was about an australian website called themercury.
-The second website was about a site called mercurymarine it's about different outdoor motors.
-The third site led me to wikipedia, it explained about the mercury element.
By now you may realize that the word mercury has more than one meaning.
5. Try adding another word to tell what about mercury really interests you.
6. Type in mercuryelement.
7. How many Web pages were found?
55,300,000
8. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
-The first site I did was wikipedia simple english it was explaining Mercury element in easier words for a younger reader.
-The second website that I found was called chemicalelements it was about the name (Mercury), symbol(hg), boiling point (358.58 C) and colour (silver) of mercury energy.
-The last website I found led me to a website called chemicool it was about the discovering of mercury.
Although these sites might have the answer to your question, they might not.
9. Now try adding a third word. Type in mercury element toxic.
10. How many Web pages were found?
9,120,000
11. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
Now you are getting somewhere! By now all the sites retrieved should help answer the question.
Looking at the Numbers
12. Compare the number of Web pages found for the three searches. What do they tell you about how the search engine does its work?
Use Synonyms (a word that means the same as another word)
Let's say you want to find out about living on the planet Mars. You think your keywords should be planetMarsliving.
13. Put those three words to the search site.
14. How many Web pages were found?
15. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about
Now think of synonyms for each keyword.
Well, a planet is a planet. Mars is Mars. But other words might work just as well as living, such as coloninzing.
16. Put in planet Mars colonizing to the search site.
17.How many Web pages were found?
18. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
Let’s say your teacher tells you to find out whether the element mercury is toxic.
2. Start by typing in mercury and hitting the enter key.
3. How many Web pages were found?
508,000,000
4. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
-The first site was about an australian website called themercury.
-The second website was about a site called mercurymarine it's about different outdoor motors.
-The third site led me to wikipedia, it explained about the mercury element.
By now you may realize that the word mercury has more than one meaning.
5. Try adding another word to tell what about mercury really interests you.
6. Type in mercury element.
7. How many Web pages were found?
55,300,000
8. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
-The first site I did was wikipedia simple english it was explaining Mercury element in easier words for a younger reader.
-The second website that I found was called chemicalelements it was about the name (Mercury), symbol(hg), boiling point (358.58 C) and colour (silver) of mercury energy.
-The last website I found led me to a website called chemicool it was about the discovering of mercury.
Although these sites might have the answer to your question, they might not.
9. Now try adding a third word. Type in mercury element toxic.
10. How many Web pages were found?
9,120,000
11. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
Now you are getting somewhere! By now all the sites retrieved should help answer the question.
Looking at the Numbers
12. Compare the number of Web pages found for the three searches. What do they tell you about how the search engine does its work?
Use Synonyms (a word that means the same as another word)
Let's say you want to find out about living on the planet Mars. You think your keywords should be planet Mars living.
13. Put those three words to the search site.
14. How many Web pages were found?
15. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about
Now think of synonyms for each keyword.
Well, a planet is a planet. Mars is Mars. But other words might work just as well as living, such as coloninzing.
16. Put in planet Mars colonizing to the search site.
17.How many Web pages were found?
18. Look over the description of the first few sites. What are they about?
This is how to go into our class wiki.